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What type of joint is the shoulder?

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Shoulder and Hip Joints are both ball and socket joints.. :) :D x

The Shoulder joint is also called the glenohumeral joint ... and is the most freely movable joint in the human body.

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It's a Ball and Socket joint.
Ball & socket

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Ball and Socket Joint

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Ball and socket joint.

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